Handling Bare URLs on Apache

Here's how you can do it:

1. SSH into your Ubuntu server.
2. Open the Apache configuration file for your website. The file is usually located in the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory and has a .conf extension. For example, if your website is called "example.com", the configuration file may be named example.com.conf.
3. Edit the configuration file using a text editor like nano or vi. For example:
   shell

   sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf
4. Look for the <VirtualHost> section for your website. It typically starts with <VirtualHost *:80> or <VirtualHost *:443> for HTTP and HTTPS respectively.
5. Within the <VirtualHost> section, add the following lines to redirect all requests to the "www" version of your website:
   apache

   <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName example.com

   ServerAlias *.example.com

   Redirect permanent / http://www.example.com/ </VirtualHost>
   Make sure to replace example.com with your actual domain name.
6. Save the configuration file and exit the text editor.
7. Enable the new configuration by creating a symbolic link to the sites-enabled directory:
   shell

   sudo a2ensite example.com.conf
   Replace example.com.conf with the actual name of your configuration file.
8. Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
   shell

   sudo service apache2 restart

Now, when you access your website without the "www" prefix, it should automatically redirect to the "www" version, where your Django application is hosted.

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